Fence post



Oct. 18,1927, 1,646,000

B. W. TOUCHSTONE' FENCE POS` Filed OCC.. 26, 1926 @that m11 (Getz. itt,

application. sie@ ect-ober ee, ieee'. snaai no. Meere.

This invention relates to fence posts and the general object of theinvention isv to provide a fence post which may be very cheaply made,which is very strong and rigi und which is so constructed as to hold andclinch the staples used in supporting fence wire on the post.

A further object is to provide a tence post formed of sheet metal whichis folded upon lo itself,l the folded portion then being bent to thusprovide a curved staple receiving space, the side walls of this spacebeing formed with staple receiving channels whichl extend ont to thefront face of the post to t5 act as seats for the fence wire, the staplereceiving ychannels receiving the two legs of the staple and the staplereceiving space acting to clinch the staple when driven home.

My invention is illustrated in the accomt@ panying drawings whereinFigure 'l is a perspective View of a tence post constructed inaccordance with my invention; v f Fig 2 is a transverse sectional view wthereof;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the 'sheet from which the fence post is made;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line if-4 of `ilfigure 2; o Fig. 5 is atopplan view of the sheet `shown in Figure 3. e

Referring to these drawings and particulnrly to Figure 5 it willbe'pseen that the :tence post` is formed of a sheet of metal which isbent upon itself so as to provide two side walls 10. The inner faces ofthese side walls are formed -with transversely extending grooves orchannels 11, these being formed before the sheet metal is bent. Af-

D ter the sheet metal has been bent into an approximate V-shapcd form,as illustrated in Figure 5, the folded sheet is bent around in acurve,'as at l2, see Figure 2, while the lateral margins' of the foldedsheet are bent 5 outward and then inward so as to form wings 13. Thespace 14 defined by the walls 10 constitutes a staple receiving spaceand the grooves l1 constitute seats for the legsof the staples. Thesegrooves extend out upon the D rounded portions constituting the face ofthe fence and thus provide wire receiving seats.

In use the wire A is disposed in the cor- .responding wire receivingspace and then the staple is driven home with its legs disposed in thegrooves 1l. As the staple is driven home, the ends of the legs will becurved around within the space 14, as illustrated in Figure 2, andl thusthe staple will be clinched and the wire A drawn inward into the spaceeo between the two wing portions of the fence post. rlhus, the wireswill be held from any vertical movement within theY wire spaces,v thestaple will be held from pulling out by being clinched, and from anyvertical movement because the legs are disposed within the seats 11.rThe fence post itself will be particularl strong because of itscorrugated form. I o not wish to be limited to the exact form ofthe post.as this might be varied in some respects without departing from thespirit of the invention. Preferably the post will be set in a concretebase but obvionsly Ido not wish to be limited to this.

1 As an article of manufacture, a fence post formed of sheetmetaL-:tolded upon itself to provide rearwardly and transversely curvedwebs and two laterally and rearward- 1y projecting wings extending fromthe webs," to

the side walls of the folded webs being spaced from each other toreceive a staple between themrand being provided with staple legreceiving grooves. r

2. As an article of manufacture, a fence post formed of sheetmetahfolded upon itself to provide a rearwardly/ and transversely curvedbody ortion and two laterally and rearwardly proJecting Wings, the sidewalls of the folded body portion being spaced from e0 each other toreceive a, staple between them and being provided with staple legreceiving grooves, said grooves extendingvout upon the face ofthe poston each wing thereof to provide a seat for the fence wire. 3. As anarticle of manufacture, a fence post formed of sheet metal folded uponitself to provide two adjacent webs rearwardly and laterally curved inthe same direction and approximately concentric to the same center, andtwo laterally and rearwardly projecting wings extending from the websand disposed in divergent relation.

in testimony wherein.E hereunto ax my signature.

EBT. WARREN TUCHSTONE.

